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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma give to Jay Berry to take home to his family?
(a) A bag of money.
(b) A new Bible.
(c) Two apple pies.
(d) Freshly baked bread.

2. What is Jimbo using to dip fermented mash from the barrel?
(a) His paw.
(b) A dipper.
(c) A cup.
(d) A tin can.

3. What secret wish does Jay Berry make inside the fairy ring?
(a) Daisy can get her leg fixed.
(b) He can get a horse and a .22.
(c) He can catch all the monkeys.
(d) Grandpa would teach him how to draw.

4. What does Mama call Jimbo?
(a) A freak.
(b) A monster.
(c) An orangutan.
(d) A gorilla.

5. Where does Jay Berry find the monkeys hiding when he returns to the bottoms after the big storm?
(a) In the bur oak trees.
(b) In an abandoned barn.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a washout along the riverbank.

Short Answer Questions

1. The library that Grandpa and Jay Berry visit is a _______________ library.

2. The book the librarian told Grandpa and Jay Berry about suggested using _______________ for bait.

3. Which pony does Jay Berry want?

4. Where does Grandpa suggest that he and Jay Berry go to learn about catching monkeys?

5. What is the name of the book the librarian suggests to Grandpa and Jay Berry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jay Berry's response when Grandpa asks about his wish in the fairy ring?

2. How does Jay Berry save the monkeys and where does he take them to recover?

3. What do the monkeys do that makes Grandpa so mad as they return home from their trip to the library?

4. Where does Jay Berry find the monkeys on the morning after the big storm?

5. Who is the Old Man of the Mountains and why does Daisy believe he has come to their house?

6. What is Grandpa's idea for getting more information about catching the monkeys?

7. What is the story that Mama tells about Johnnie George Garland and his fiance, Luann?

8. What does Jay Berry have to do to convince Rowdy to go back to the bottoms with him?

9. How does Jay Berry get word to the circus people that he has caught the monkeys?

10. When does Jay Berry realize what Grandpa was trying to tell him by showing him the crippled pony?

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